Child resistant bottle closure
AssigneeEthyl Products Company
InventorJames E. Burke
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Abstract
A child resistant closure for a container having a pump or other dispensing device connected to the container including a cap having a hole in the top for receipt of the pump or dispensing device and threads on the inside walls for engaging threads located on the container, the cap having a series of ratchet teeth on the inside wall for engaging a series of ratchet teeth on the bottle to prevent the cap from being removed from the container.
Claims4
A child-resistant closure assembly for connecting a pump or other dispensing device to a container comprising a cap and a fluid container, said cap having a circular outer ridge means, said cap and said container having a series of ratchet teeth thereon for mutual engagement to prevent said cap from being removed from said container when said cap is threaded onto said container, said ratchet teeth being spaced apart on said cap, said teeth on said cap having front and rear edges formed perpendicular to the tangent of said outer ridge and a beveled inner edge, said teeth on said container having generally rectangular, beveled outer surfaces and a rear edge perpendicular to the tangent of said outer ridge, the lower end of said teeth on said container merging into said container, said cap and said container having threads thereon for mutual engagement, said cap having a hole in the top thereof for receiving and connecting a pump or dispensing device to said container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.